Persian Chicken | Shemin's Recipes

Ingredients

• 250g basmati rice
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 6 boneless skinless chicken thigh fillets, cut into bite sized pieces
• 30g butter
• Shemin’s Cassia Cinnamon Bark, 2 sticks (about 1 inch)
• zest of 1 orange or lime
• 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses (or honey)
• 2 1/2 tbsp Shemin’s Biryani Pilau Spice Blend
• 75g raisins
• 500ml cold water
• pinch of saffron soaked in 2 tbsp hot water
• 2 tbsp pine nuts
• large handful chopped herbs e.g. dill and parsley
• 2 tbsp ready-made crispy fried onions to sprinkle
• 1-3 tbsp of fresh Pomegranate seeds
• 150g natural yogurt